Home of the Week: Colonial on the Long Beach waterfront

(Gary Marsh / UTM.com)

A custom-built ship's den with floor-to-ceiling wood and a 550-gallon saltwater aquarium along one wall sit at the heart of this renovated Colonial in the Naples area of Long Beach. The gated property has views of Alamitos Bay and 400 feet of waterfront.

About the area: In the first half of the year, 62 single-family homes sold in the 90803 ZIP Code at a median price of $717,000, according to DataQuick. That was a 10.1% decrease from the median during the first half of 2010.

To submit a candidate for Home of the Week, send high-resolution color photos on a CD, written permission from the photographer to publish the images and a description of the house to Lauren Beale, Business, Los Angeles Times, 202 W. 1st St., Los Angeles, CA 90012. Send questions to homeoftheweek@latimes.com. To see more photos of this and previously featured homes, go to latimes.com/realestate.